Molly Haas
In early 2021, a potential client reached out to Catherine Hooper of iSPY Home Design with an unconventional ask: renovating a vintage RV. The client s mother had driven the dated van from Nashville to her daughter s home in Oakland a few months prior. It was there, in her daughter s backyard, that she parked the retro (but sadly, falling apart) RV.
While a crumbling van might otherwise be a massive inconvenience especially one parked haphazardly in your backyard its presence actually provided a welcome escape from the main home as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on. The client decided that the RV would become a multi-functional backyard refuge, meant for overnight guests, working-from-home, and entertaining. Business spot by day, happy hour destination by night, as she and her husband describe it. I was impressed with their gusto and happily took the project on, says Hooper.